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There is much to be told. An eagle sits at the top of the ash, and it has knowledge of many things. Between its eyes sits the hawk called
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points out that Snorri does not say why a hawk should be sitting between the eyes of an eagle or what role it may play. Lindow theorizes that "presumably the hawk is associated with the wisdom of the eagle" and that "perhaps, like
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Veðrfölnir sits atop the eagle with
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says that the notion of an eagle atop a tree and Nídhöggr coiled around the roots of the tree has parallels in other cosmologies from
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what other notable facts there are to know about
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149:, the god
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324:Mímameiðr
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